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' Patented Jan. 5. 1869.

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Letters Patent No. 85,519, dated January 5, 1869.

IRON FOR CARRIAGE-P015158.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthemame- To all whom it may concern.-

.Be it known that I, BENJAMIN FOLTZ, of Rockford,

in the county of Winnebago, and State of Illinois, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Ironing Wagon and Carriage-Poles; and 'Ido declare that the following is a full, clear, and-exactdescriptionthercof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,making a part of this specification.

The nature and object of my invention consist in so ironing the poles ofwagons and carriages, and securing the neck-yoke thereto, that, in caseof breaking the whiffle-tree or evener, the pole cannot fall to theground, thus preventing accidents; and in making the same of malleablecast-iron.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my improvements, Iproceed to describe the construc-' tion and operation of the same.

The irons which I use can be most cheaply made of cast-ironrenderedmalleable, and, when so made, will be strong and safe; but theymay be made of wroughtiron.

The main iron, marked 1, may be in one piece, the general foimbeingsimilar to that in use, the pole being placed between the ppper andlower parts, in the usual manner.

Nos. 3 and 4 are projections, extending from the lower part of No. 1,and being part thereof.

To N o. 3 is'hinged or pivoted the safety-guard 2.

In the outer endof 4 is a notch or recess, into which the safety-guard 2passes when in place or closed.

No. 4 is also a holdhaok-iron.

No. 5is also a part of No. 1, the form of whichwill be seen from aninspection of the drawings.

No. 6 is a band or ring, by means of which the safetyguard 2 is held inplace when closed.

No. 7 is a spring, one end of which is secured to thc pole, as shown,and is of such length that the opposite end will catch against the ring6, when passed over the end of the guard 2, and prevent this ring fromslipping oil over the end of the guard 2.

I am able to place No. 3 near. the end of the pole, and, if the end ofthe pole be clipped or bevelled, and the iron correspondingly formed, asshown at 8, the lines will not be liable to be caught over the end ofthe pole, as is now frequently the case.

Nos. 3 and 1 must be of sufiicient (length, and far enough apart, toallow the ring of the neck-yoke to be placed between them, and betweenthe pole and guard.

If the inner corners of 3 and 4 be rounded, the ring of the neck-yokewill have free play.

Usually, No. 3 may be about one inch long, and No. 4 a little longer.

The guard 2 may be provided with a notch on the inner edge, which, whenthe guard is closed, will catch against the backside of the holdback,No. 4.

\Vh'en these parts, 2, 3, and 4, arc'made and arranged as described, itwill be seen that the guard 2 has a tendency to divide the strain uponeither 3 or 4 between these two parts.

The irons are to be attached to the pole by suitable bolts.

In use, the guard 2 is to be thrown forward, so as to'be in a linewiththe pole. The ring of the neckyoke is then passed over the end of thepole, and over the guard, to its place between 3 and 4. The guard isthen closed, and the band or ring 6 is passed over the ends of theguard, and prevented from slipping off by the spring 7.

The neck-yoke can be removed bypressing the spring 7 against the pole,slipping the ring 6 off from the guard, and throwing the guard open andforward.

As poles are now ironed, accidents frequently happen, which cannot occurwith my improvements. Now, when a whiflie-tree or eveuer breaks .orbecomes detached, and sometimes when a trace unhooks, the neckyoke slipsover the end of the pole, and the polefalls to the ground, and, if goingup-hill, the Wagon runs back. Such accidents cannot happen with myimprovements in use, because the neck-yoke ring is secured, and the loadcan be drawn by the iron marked 3.

When the neck-yoke ring is made of leather, I do not use the projection3, but make a ring, which can be passed over the end of the pole, towhich ring I attach the guard 2, the guard being secured substantiallyas before.

The safety-guard may extend back only as far as N o. 4, to which it canbe secured by a bolt, or it may be there fastened in other ways; forexample, a spring might be arranged, under which to pass the guard.

,Irons for poles, such as described, can be cheaply made, of malleablecast-iron, of sizes adapt-ed to different kinds of wagons, and put intomarket.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is asfollows:

The combination of the projections 3 and 4. with the guard 2, ring 6,rod 5, and spring 7, and main iron 1. substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

Rockford, December 12, 1866.

BENJAMIN FOLTZ. Witnesses:

H. W. TAYLOR,

7 WM. BROWN.

